Lubricating apparatus.



No. 845,074. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

H. FRENAY.

LUBRICATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1,1904.

W/TNESSESf HENRI FRENAY, 6F LUTTICH, BELG tueeioarine aeeaenrneu Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. Q6, 1907.

Application filed August 1, 1904. Serial No. 219,001.

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern:-

Be it known that I, HENRI FnnNar, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Luttich, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The arrangement forming thesnbject of the present invention aims to provide a inbricating apparatus especially applicable to the motors of motor-cycles and has for its object to convey by the operation oi a sim ple lever-handle the lubricating-oil to convenient part of the cylinder when the ordinary automatic lubrication by projection is no longer SUliliGlBiit, conse uent, for example, on a reduction of soeed oi the motor, due to an augmentation o exterior resistance. This arrangement comprises a lubricator A, 191'0'. vided with an air-tube A and three-way cock B, connected on one side to a charged oil-reservoir 0 and on the other side to the iower part 01 the cylinder D. The cock oi the luhricator A is controlled by means of a connecting-rod E, operated by a lever-handie F, placed Within reach of the drivers hand.

The operation is eh'ected as follows: lit 'hen the lever of the cock B is in the position represented by full lines in the drawing, it places the oil-reservoir Q in communication with the lubricator A, which then fills. if the pace of the motor slackens, by reason of a supplementary resistanceifor example ,when one has to climb a rather long hillthe projections of oil obtained by the fiy-wheel become insufiicient to insure the lubrication of the piston. it sufiices in this case to place the lever-handle F. controlling the cock: 3, in the position indicated by the dotted lines on the drawing. The plug of the cock B in the position which it then occupies cuts oh the communication between the oil-reservoir C and the lubricator A, while it establishes it between the latter and the motor. The oil contained in the luhricator A is then conveyed by means of a tube G of convenient section into a circular channel H, into which the lower edgeof the piston is immersed at each downward stroke. When this supple- Inentary lubrication is no longer necessary, the lever-handle F is replaced in its original position, the lubricator A is refilled, and is ready to be utilized at the opportune moment.

What i claim as my invention, and desire to secure by patent, is

i. In combination with a motor, a luhrieating apparatus especially applicable to motor-cycles, and including a lubricator A, an oil-reservoir C, a three-Way cock, and a controlling-handle therefor placed within reach of tne driver, the cock being arranged to admit oil alternately either from the reservoir to toe lubricator, or from the luhricator to the motor, and the lubricator A carrying an atmospheric tube A allowing the flow of oil to the motor.

2. A lubricating apparatus especially applicable to. motor-cycles, including in combination a lubricator, an air-tube on said luhricator, a three-way cock at the lower end of the lubricator, an oil-reservoir, a pipe connecting the lubricator with said oil-reservoir, a pipe connecting the three-way cock to the moi or, and means for operating the three-way cock placed within reach of the drivers hand.

in witness whereof I have hereunto si ned my name in the presence of two subscri ing witnesses.

HENRI FRENAY.

Vi i'tnesses:

BRUNO thence J. Gnoss. 

